ASSORAM OFFICES | Ö - Michela Ekström

Rome is a city of thresholds, of perspectives that open and close. In this context, a 200-square-meter apartment has been transformed without altering its traditional layout — a central corridor, rooms on either side, windows on a single façade — but by working on subtler elements: color, visual rhythm, perception.

The aim was to reconcile the formality of a law firm with a more welcoming atmosphere, using color as a bridge between the interior and the urban landscape. Ochre, brick red, green, and blue recall the Roman cityscape and help warm the environment, without erasing its institutional character.

A single color for each room creates perceptual continuity, avoiding a rigid division of spaces. Doors are conceived as visual thresholds, and the corridor becomes a gallery that multiplies views, creating a system of frames that fragment and recompose the space.

Within this sequence, the photographs by Ernesta Caviola expand the perception of the interiors, introducing glimpses of the nocturnal city and establishing a continuous dialogue between inside and outside.

Without forcing the nature of the space, the project seeks to build a workplace closer to a domestic dimension than to conventional neutrality: a space that encourages dialogue, well-being, and a different way of inhabiting work.